Managing CPE templates

The table of CPE templates is displayed in the SD-WAN → CPE templates section. Information about CPE templates is displayed in the following columns of the table:

• ID is the ID of the CPE template.
• Name is the name of the CPE template.
• Usage indicates whether the CPE template is being used by CPE devices:
  • Yes
  • No
• Updated is the date and time when the CPE template settings were last modified.
• User is the name of the user which created the CPE template.
• Owner is the tenant to which the CPE template belongs.

The actions that you can perform with the table are described in the Managing solution component tables instructions.

CPE template settings are displayed on the following tabs:

• Information is the basic information about the CPE template. You can edit the name of the CPE template in the Name field.
• Multipathing are the path settings.
• Deactivation are settings for automatically removing and disabling the CPE device.
• Encryption are the traffic encryption settings.
• Scripts are scripts for additional configuration of the CPE device.
• The following tabs are displayed on the SD-WAN settings tab:
  • Global settings contains the connection settings of a CPE device to the orchestrator and controller.
  • Interfaces contains SD-WAN interfaces.
• Topology contains topology tags for building links between CPE devices.
• Network settings contains network interfaces.
• BGP settings is the BGP protocol for exchanging routes between CPE devices and external network devices. The following tabs are displayed on this tab:
  • General settings contains the basic settings of the BGP protocol.
  • Neighbors contains BGP peers.
  • Peer groups contains BGP peer groups.
• VRF contains virtual routing and forwarding tables.
• OSPF covers the OSPF protocol for route exchange between CPE devices and external network devices. The following tabs are displayed on this tab:
  • General settings contains basic settings of the OSPF protocol.
  • OSPF areas contains OSPF areas.
  • OSPF interface contains OSPF interfaces.
• Routing filters contains settings for filtering routes and traffic packets between CPE devices and external network devices. The following tabs are displayed on this tab:
  • Access control lists contains access control lists (ACLs).
  • Prefix lists contains prefix lists.
  • Route maps contains route maps.
• BFD settings covers the BFD protocol for detecting routing failures between CPE devices and external network devices.
• Static routes contains static routes.
• Multicast contains settings for transmission of multicast traffic between CPE devices and external network devices using the PIM and IGMP protocols. The following tabs are displayed on this tab:
  • General settings contains basic PIM settings.
  • Interfaces contains multicast interfaces.
• VRRP covers the VRRP protocol for high availability of CPE devices. The following tabs are displayed on this tab:
  • VRRP instances contains VRRP instances.
  • VRRP instance groups contains VRRP instance groups.
• Monitoring contains CPE device monitoring settings.
• Transport services contains transport services.
• Log files contains logging settings.
• NTP contains NTP servers for time synchronization.
• VIM contains VIM settings. This tab is displayed only if the uCPE type is selected when creating the template.

Creating a CPE template

To create a CPE template:

1. In the menu, go to the SD-WAN → CPE templates section.

   A table of CPE templates is displayed.

2. In the upper part of the page, click + CPE template.
3. This opens a window; in that window, in the Name field, enter the name of the CPE template.
4. In the Type drop-down list, select the CPE template type:
   • CPE for a standard CPE device template. Default value.
   • uCPE for a uCPE device template. uCPE devices include a hypervisor, which lets you deploy virtual network functions and VIMs.
5. Click Create.

The CPE template is created and displayed in the table.

You need to configure the created CPE template. For a description of CPE template tabs, see the Managing CPE templates section.

Importing a CPE template

You can export a CPE template and then import it into another CPE template. CPE template settings are specified in accordance with the settings of the imported CPE template. During import, you can select the tabs that you want to leave unchanged. The CPE template into which you are importing another CPE template remains applied to CPE devices, but the settings of those CPE devices are not modified.

To import a CPE template:

1. In the menu, go to the SD-WAN → CPE templates section.

   A table of CPE templates is displayed.

2. Click the CPE template that you want to export.

   The settings area is displayed in the lower part of the page. You can expand the settings area to fill the entire page by clicking the expand icon . By default, the Information tab is selected, which displays general information about the CPE template.

3. In the upper part of the settings area, under Actions, click Export.

   A TAR.GZ archive with the following data is saved on your local device:

   • A file with the description of the CPE template in XML format. The version of the template is indicated in the description.
   • Script files.
   • Files required to run scripts, such as SSL certificates

   The archive does not contain information about CPE devices using the CPE template.

4. Click the CPE template into which you want to import the CPE template.

   The settings area is displayed in the lower part of the page. You can expand the settings area to fill the entire page by clicking the expand icon . By default, the Information tab is selected, which displays general information about the CPE template.

5. In the upper part of the settings area, under Actions, click Import.
6. This opens a window; in that window, clear the check boxes next to the CPE template tabs that you want to leave unchanged after import.
7. In the File field, specify the path to the TAR.GZ archive.
8. Click Import.

CPE template settings are modified in accordance with the settings of the imported CPE template.

Cloning a CPE template

You can clone a CPE template to create an identical CPE template with a different name.

To clone a CPE template:

1. In the menu, go to the SD-WAN → CPE templates section.

   A table of CPE templates is displayed.

2. Click the CPE template that you want to clone.

   The settings area is displayed in the lower part of the page. You can expand the settings area to fill the entire page by clicking the expand icon . By default, the Information tab is selected, which displays general information about the CPE template.

3. In the upper part of the settings area, under Actions, click Clone.
4. This opens a window; in that window, enter the name of the new CPE template.
5. Click Clone.

A copy of the CPE template with the new name is created and displayed in the table.

Exporting orchestrator and controller connection settings and SD-WAN interfaces from a CPE template

To export orchestrator and controller connection settings and SD-WAN interfaces from a CPE template:

1. In the menu, go to the SD-WAN → CPE templates section.

   A table of CPE templates is displayed.

2. Click the CPE template from which you want to export orchestrator and controller connection settings and SD-WAN interfaces.

   The settings area is displayed in the lower part of the page. You can expand the settings area to fill the entire page by clicking the expand icon . By default, the Information tab is selected, which displays general information about the CPE template.

3. In the upper part of the settings area, under Actions, click Export SD-WAN settings.

A JSON file named <Template name>sdwan-config is saved to your local device.

Exporting network interfaces from a CPE template

To export network interfaces from a CPE template:

1. In the menu, go to the SD-WAN → CPE templates section.

   A table of CPE templates is displayed.

2. Click the CPE template from which you want to export network interfaces.

   The settings area is displayed in the lower part of the page. You can expand the settings area to fill the entire page by clicking the expand icon . By default, the Information tab is selected, which displays general information about the CPE template.

3. In the upper part of the settings area, under Actions, click Export network interfaces.

A file in JSON format with the name <Template name>-network-config is saved to your local device.

Viewing the usage of a CPE template

You can see which CPE devices are using the CPE template. If a CPE template is in use, it cannot be deleted.

To view CPE template usage:

1. In the menu, go to the SD-WAN → CPE templates section.

   A table of CPE templates is displayed.

2. Click the CPE template for which you want to view usage information.

   The settings area is displayed in the lower part of the page. You can expand the settings area to fill the entire page by clicking the expand icon . By default, the Information tab is selected, which displays general information about the CPE template.

3. In the upper part of the settings area, under Actions, click Show associated CPEs.

The CPE section is displayed with a table of CPE devices that are using the CPE template.

Deleting a CPE template

You cannot delete a CPE template if it is being used by at least one CPE device. You need to look up the usage of the CPE template and make sure that it is not in use.

Deleted CPE templates cannot be restored.

To delete a CPE template:

1. In the menu, go to the SD-WAN → CPE templates section.

   A table of CPE templates is displayed.

2. Click the CPE template that you want to delete.

   The settings area is displayed in the lower part of the page. You can expand the settings area to fill the entire page by clicking the expand icon . By default, the Information tab is selected, which displays general information about the CPE template.

3. In the upper part of the settings area, under Actions, click Delete.
4. In the confirmation window, click Delete.

The CPE template is deleted and is no longer displayed in the table.